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Manually assigned IP address offer a little faster boot up since they don't look for an IP address. Automatically assigned is better for management (any IP related changes). Once an IP address has been obtained there practically isn't a difference (not any more stable).
Sounds like your problem was two overlapping DHCP services (on by W2K and another by XP). Perhaps duplicate IP addresses were being given out. If you didn't disable all relating ICS services on the XP computer, like kcrispin3 suggested, these problems may reoccur.
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